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WorksheetsOdyssey Books 17-23
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How does Odysseus test the suitors in Book 17?
Tells them that Penelope is dead
By begging for food from each one
He sends gift to them
He sends Talamachos with a message from him.
Who recognizes Odysseus right away when he returns home?
Penelope
Eumaeus
Antinous, the suitor
Argos, his old hunting dog
Who makes Odysseus angry in Book 17?
Another beggar
Theoclymenos
The suitor Antinous
Telemachos
Who does Odysseus get help from in fighting the beggar, Irus?
Telemachos
Athena
A beggar, Amphinous
Zeus
Who is given a warning by Odysseus to abandon the palace and return to his own land?
Amphinomus
Antinous
Athena
Theoclymenus
What trick does Penelope play on the suitors in Book 18?
She tells them she will choose a husband according to who brings her the best gift.
She tells them she will choose a husband once she has finished a cloak for Laertes.
She pretends she has discovered that Odysseus is dead.
She tells them of Telemachos whereabouts so they can kill him.
What does Odysseus (the beggar) tell Penelope about Odysseus?
That he does not know where Odysseus is.
That he is still on the island of Orygia with Calypso
That he met Odysseus and has heard that he is on his way home.
That he heard that he died in the Trojan War
How does Eurycleia (the nurse) recognize Odysseus?
By his voice
By a scar on his face
Athena tells her that it is Odysseus
By a scar on his leg/foot
Describe Penelope's challenge for the suitors in Book 19?
She will marry whoever can confirm if Odysseus is dead.
She will marry whomever can meet the challenge of stringing Odysseus's bow
She will marry whomever can bring her the most gifts.
She will marry whoever can get rid of the other suitors in the palace.
What sign is sent to Odysseus that the suitors will not last too much longer in the palace?
He is greeted kindly by many strangers.
Telemachos asks him to come to the palace to speak to the suitors.
Zeus sends a loud clap of thunder and Penelope hears it.
Athena appears to him again in a dream.
Who is the kind and faithful servant to Odysseus in Book 20?
Antinous
Philoitios
Ctessipus
Melanthius
Why do the suitors give up on killing Telemachus?
They receive an omen of an eagle with a rockdove in his claws.
They do not want to upset Penelope.
Antinous instructs them not to kill him.
They want to honor the memory of Odysseus.
Whom does Odysseus trust to help him defeat the suitors?
Eumaeus and Philoitios
Telemachus and Theoclymus
The goddess Athena
Eurymachus
How does Odysseus prove his true identity to Eumaeus and Philoitios?
Athena changes him to his true self.
Scar on his foot
He is able to string the bow.
Scar on his hand
What happens after Odysseus is able to string the bow and shoot the arrow through the twelve axes?
The suitors question him.
He tells the women to lock themselves in their bedrooms.
He and Telemachus ask for a meeting with the suitors.
He tells Penelope who he is.
Who does Odysseus kill first?
Antinous
Melanthios
Iros
Amphinous
What does Odysseus ask Nurse Eurycleia to do with the handmaids?
Bring them to Telemachus to kill.
Stay with Penelope until the battle is over
Identify the unfaithful ones and bring them to him.
Bring them all to the feast to celebrate.
How does Penelope test Odysseus?
She tells him that a suitor is still alive.
She asks Telemachus to confirm that Odysseus is dead.
She asks Laertes to come identify his son.
He asks Euryclia to provide Odysseus a place to sleep by moving a bed into the hallway.
What does Athena do once Penelope is accepting of Odysseus?
She delays the onset of dawn to give them more time together.
She casts a bright light over Ithaca.
She gives Telemachus a sign that all is well.
She asks Zeus to send an eagle as an omen.
What is the last task that Odysseus is told to complete so that he may regain his livestock and good that he lost to the suitors?
Make sacrifices to Poseidon
Make sacrifices to Zeus
Bring a gift to his wife Penelope
Go visit his father, Laertes
